Improved mode of hanging window-shades



` I* l. @M1211 M that @uw GEORGE P. FULLER, or PHILADELPHIA,` PENNSYLVANIA ,team Patentlvo. 95,219, @and september 2s, 1869.

".'Ifhe Schedule referred to in these Letters atet 'and making part of the same.

To all whom` 'it may concern: v

' ,Be it known that I, GEORGE P FULLEIs-of the city of Philadelphia, and 'State of Pennsylvania, have l invented a new and improved Mode of Hanging Window-Shadesjn relationr toventilation; and Ido here'-l `hy declare that thefollowing is a full and exact deseription thereof', `refenence being had to the accom` panying drawings, and to the letters of t reference markedthereon. l

The object of this invention is the loweringl of the upper end of the shade, as the upper sash is moved downward,l to make a free passage for Vair above the sash,with`out ch i 'ngfthe height'of the lower end of A#accompli.sh byconning the siat to whichthe upper end of the shade is` attached i to brackets, that are `connected with the sash, and encircling the shade with av band, at a short distance from each vertical edge; said bands being connected at one end with thel sash, and at their other end with the slat, and being hungin staples, in connectionwith the window-frame head, in which their middle portions `are caused to slideas they move'ulpward, as the ends move downward with -thefsash .and said slat. This upward motion causes a roller, to which the lower end of the shade is attached, to revolve, and thereby wind up theshade at its lower end, at the same rate as the upper end is lowered. V

. The construction and arrangement of the device will beunderstood by the following description.

-In the accompanying drawings,"which make a part Y of this specification-` .l

Figureil is a face view of awindowd'ame and sash. with the improved shade-attachments.

, Figure 2 is a vertical section at the dotted line a b of fig. 1.

i y Figure?) is an isometrical View of one' of the brackets, h. t y Like letters 4in `A is a window-frame.4

B is the lower, and C, the upper sash.

The upper end of the.' shade ,D is attached to the 'through the staples c c, and thus `causing all the` iigures indicate .the same* The lower end of the, shade is confinedl to the roller E.

F F are bands, which pass through the staples, c c and `c c, in the head-piece d of the window-traine, and encircle the shade D.

Y rPhe ends of t-hev bands are confined to'eyes, c, in` A the. upper rail ofthe sash C and the Slat a.'

The `bands are separated inthe middle, to provide for varyingtheir length, to regulate the'height of the lower end of the shade, being connected. by'nieaus 'of the buckles f andeye'lets g. v

The operation is asfollows:

As the sash G is moved downward, for Ventilating the room, the inner endsrothe bands hbeing connested with it, and the slat c attached thereto, the inner parts of the bands move downward accordingly, causing the outer parts to .move upward and slide the roller E to turn and wind up the shade D at its lower end, at the same rate as it yis lowered .by the downward movement of the sash C. Thus the upper end of the shade is lowered with the sash, to'favor the ventilation, and the height of its lower end preserved by the same movement.

The buckles and eyelets may be dispensed with, to

` cheapen the device, the bands being tied in bow-knots,

or otherwise connected. y

Instead of having two bands, inv some cases one may be found sufficient, especially for narrow shades.

'In some cases, especially in the use of heavy shades, pulleys should take the place of the staples c.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the bands F F, staples c, brackets b, and slat a, with the shade D, sash O, and frame A, substantially in the manner above described. i

In testimony that the above is myinvention, I have hereunto set my hand and aihxed my seal, this 22d day of J uiy, 1869. y

` f GEORGE P. .FULLER.= '[L. s.] Witnesses: STEPHEN UsrIoK,

WM. LARznLEnn. 

